Daily news round up: our selection of food and chef new from the world's press

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  Sergi Arola's two-Michelin Star Madrid Restaurant Shuttered by Tax Authorities The two-Michelin star restaurant Sergi Arola Gastro in Madrid was shuttered by authorities on Tuesday because the restaurant owes €148,000 in unpaid taxes. Read more from Eater   TV chef Simon Rimmer to open restaurant in Liverpool Television chef Simon Rimmer is set to open his first restaurant close to home. Simon Rimmer at Layla Brasserie is expected to open in the new DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in December. Read more from the Liverpool Echo   Former Black Swan chef Adam Jackson to open The Park restaurant Michelin-starred chef Adam
Jackson is to open a new fine-dining restaurant called The Park, at Sutton Park stately home in Yorkshire. Read more from Caterer and Hotelkeeper   Cutlery 'can influence food taste'

Our perception of how food tastes is influenced by cutlery, research suggests. Size, weight, shape and colour all have an effect on flavour, says a University of Oxford team.

Read more from BBC News   World's largest meal: a fish in a chicken in a lamb in a camel The master chefs behind the mountain of meat are a nomadic Arabic group known as the Bedouin, who prepare the meal for weddings and special events. Read more from MSN  
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Editor 27th June 2013

Daily news round up: our selection of food and chef new from the world's press